Bottled goods vending machine



06L 15, 1940. Q M, PARKER 2,218,317

BOTTLED GOODS VENDING MACHINE Filed July 5, 1938. 5 Sheets-Sheet l Alllllllslll R O T N W I; :7 m WZV .55; WW wm Ml 1 %w w I m%% n 7 w W M Wm ATTORNEY 3 Sheets-Sfieet 2 C. M. PARKER S VENDING MACHINE Filed July5, 1938 Oct. 15, 1940.

BOTTLED GOOD Get. 15, 1940.

c. M. PARKER BOTTLED GOODS VENDING MACHINE Filed July 5, 1938 5Sheets-Sheet 3 Hm. I 2

A IJIIIA INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 15, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 2,218,317 BO'I'I'LED GOODS VENDING MACHINE Clyde M. Parker,Kansas City, Mo., alsignor to The Selectivend Corporation, Kansas City,Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application July 5, 1938, Serial No.217,398

14 Claims.

This invention relates to a bottled goods vending machine, particularlyfor vending soft drinks of different flavors, and has for its principalobject to provide a machine of this character constructed so that apurchaser may select a particular bottle or flavor.

Other important objects of the invention are to provide a machine ofthis character that is of simple operation; to provide a machine havinga selector freely movable ,ior successively carrying bottles intoregistry with a removal opening normally covered by a locked closurereleasable upon insertion of a coin or token; to provide a structurewherein the closure is retained in closed position unless a selectedbottle has been moved into registry therewith; to provide the machinewith means for latchingly retaining the carrier from movement while theclosure is open to prevent removal of other than the selected bottle;and to provide means for locking the coin mechanism from operation whenthe closure is open.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, ashereinafter pointed out, I have provided improved details of structure,the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine constructed inaccordance with the present invention, the closure for the bottleremoval .opening being shown in open position after it has been releasedby insertion of a coin in the vending mechanism to permit removal of aselected bottle.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine with portions of the cover brokenaway and the vending mechanism housing in section to better illus tratethe construction, the closure being shown in open position to permitremoval of a bottle.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showingthe closure in closed position.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the machine, a part of the bottlecarrier being shown in section.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the bottle carrier and itsactuating mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a cross-section through the machine on the line 5-6 of Fig. 4,but with the closure in closed position.

Fig. 'I is an enlarged detail section on the line 1-! of Fig. 6,particularly illustrating the lever mechanism for locking the closurewhen a bottle is not in registry therewith.

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the coin slide for eflectingrelease of the latching lever.

Fig. 9 is a detail view of the lock for securing the lid in closedposition on the cabinet.

Fig. 10 is a section through a modified form of machine.

Fig. 11 is a section on the line il-ll of Fig. 10. 5

8 designates a vending machine for bottled 10 goods constructed inaccordance with the present invention, and which includes a cabinet 2having an insulated bottom 3 and side walls d to form a compartment 5.Extending across the compartment between the opposite side walls arespaced partitions t and l having their upper edges terminating near theupper edges of the side walls and their lower edges spaced from thebottom 3 to connect with a horizontal partition 8. The partitions t; land 8 thus divide the compartment 5 into spaced refrigerant containingchambers s and it at the ends thereof, and connected by a passageway itprovided under the horizontal partition 8. The chambers 9 and it areadapted to contain a refrigerant, such as ice, to cool water that passesinto the compartment formed between the partitions S and i,-

through openings i2 and it for cooling the bottled goods that aremounted in a carrier it.

The carrier it includes a drum comprising upper and lower sections itand it, having mating disk portions ill and it provided with lateralabutting flanges it and it. The sections it and it are secured inposition by means of'headed rods 2i extending through openings in thelower section and engaged in threaded bosses 22 of the upper section,the ends of the rods being peened, as at 23, to prevent looseningthereof. Extending inwardly of the respective disk portions i1 and it,in the axes thereof, are hubs 2t and 25 for rotatable mounting on aspindle 26, the spindle 26 being carried on a flange 21 that is fixed tothe central portion of the horizontal partition 8. In order to stabilizethe carrier for rotation about the spindle 26, the partition is providedwith rollers 28 engagingly supporting the disk portion it of the lowersection near the periphery thereof, as best shown in Fig. 6. Formed inthe disk portions of the respective sections are an inner and outercircular series of openings 29 and 30 for the disk portion i1, and 3|and 32 for the disk portion 88. The openings 29 and 30 are staggeredrelatively to each other and are of sumcient diameter to pass thebottles to be vended, as indicated by the dotted lines 33 in Fig. 4.

The lower openings, however, are of smaller dimeter to provide supportfor the bottoms of the bottles. The openings in the respective diskportions are preferably enscribed by flanges 34 and 35, the flanges 35conforming to the diameter oi the upper openings so as to receive andcenter the bottoms of the bottles over the lower openings as shown inFig. 4. The peripheral edge of the upper disk portion has a series ofnotches 36 corresponding to the bottle receiving openings, withalternate notches aligning with the openings in the outer circularseries and the intermediate notches with the openings in the innercircular series as shown in Fig. 5.

The carrier thus described is intermittently rotated about the spindleby means of an actuating lever 31 which is pivoted at its lower end on apin 38 carried by the arm 39 of a supporting frame 40 attached to theinner side of the partition 6. The frame 40 also includes an upper arm4| provided with a slotted guide 42 in which the upper end of a lever 31is guidingly supported for limited movement. The lever 31 is normallyretained in retracted position by an expansion spring 43 having one endconnected therewith and its opposite end to the frame 48; Pivotallysupported on a pin 44 projecting from the side of the lever arm at apoint above the bottle carrier is a pawl 45 having a depending end 46adapted to engage in one of the notches 36 when the lever is inretracted position and to efiect advance of the carrier when the leveris pushed to the opposite end of the slot. To prevent retractivemovement of the carrier, the adjacent side wall carries a pin 41 caryinga click 48 which also engages one of the notches 38.

The carrier is prevented from being advanced beyond the distancecorresponding to the spacing of the notches by means of an arcuate lever49 that is pivotally supported, as at 50, upon an ear projecting fromthe frame 48. One end of the arcuate lever has 2. depending ear or lug52 that is adapted to enga e one of the notches 36 when the opposite end53 of the lever is released from engagement with a lug 54 projectinglaterally from the lever arm 31 during initial movement of the leverarm. The arcuate lever 49 is urged in the direction of the carrier bymeans of a fiat leaf spring 55 that is fixed thereto, as at 56, andengages against the side wall of the cabinet 0pposite the click 48.Therefore, as soon as the lug 54 rides ofi the end 53 of the arcuatelever 49, the spring moves the ear 52 into contact with the periphery ofthe drum so that as soon as the next notch registers with the ear 52 thespring 55 urges the ear into engagement with the notch, thereby stoppingrotation of the drum and preventing coasting thereof. Upon returnmovement of the lever 31, the lug 54 thereon rides over the cam-shapedend 53 of the lever 49 to effect disengagement of the car 52 with thenotch. However, the depending lug 48 on the pawl 45 has engaged anotherof the notches to prevent any movement of the carrier.

The top of the cabinet is closed by an insulated cover or lid 51 that ispivotally secured to one of the side walls by hinges 58 and which issecured to the opposite side walls by means of a key actuated lock 59which engages a keeper 58 on the side wall of the cabinet as shown inFig. 9.

In order to actuate the bottle carrier when the lid is in closed andlocked position, the cover is provided with a plate 8| having a slot 82therein registering with a lateral lug 53 on the upper end of the lever31, and slidable in the slot 82 is a depending tongue 84 of an actuatingmember 35, the tongue 64 being of sufllcient length to engage againstthe lateral lug 83 o! the lever 31. The actuator includes an upper plate58 slidably engaging the plate 61, and is kept in contact therewith bymeans oi a pin 81 engaging the under side of the plate 3| and extendingthrough the tongue 64, as shown in Fig. 4. The actuating member 65 alsoincludes a knob 68 by which it is readily manipulated to eii'ectintermittent rotation of the carrier, as later described.

Formed in the lid or cover, in aligning registry with the openings 29-38of the carrier, is a door opening 69 through which a selected bottle iswithdrawn upon opening 01' a door 18. The door 18 is hinged, as at 1|,to the frame 12 of the door opening 39, and is adapted to be swung fromclosing relation with the door opening to the position shown in Fig. 4,the door being provided with a suitable knob by which it may be readilyopened upon release 01 door latching mechanism later described. The dooris provided with windows 13 and 14 registering with the respectiveseries of bottle openings in the carrier, and which are covered bytransparent panels through which the labels on the caps of therespective bottles are observed as the carrier is intermittently rotatedtherebeneath upon recipro cation of the actuator 85.

Mounted on the cover, in spaced relation with the door 18, is a housingcontaining a coin mechanism as indicated by the slide 18, the slide 18being actuated upon insertion of a suitable coin (not shown) that isplaced within a socket 11 that is formed in an end of the slide whichprojects from the housing 15, as in one form of well known coinoperating mechanism. Pivotally mounted on the inner end of the slide isa pawl 18 adapted to swing in a retractive direction when the slidemoves in a forward direction but which is rigidly supported byengagement with a stop 19 on the slide when the slide is pushed into thehousing. The pawl 18 is pivoted to the underside of the slide on a pin80 and is normally retained in yielding engagement with the stop 19 by aspring 81 coiled about the pivot 80 and having one end 82 engagingagainst the pawl 18 and its opposite end 83 engaging against the pin 84depending from the slide in spaced relation with the stop 19. The sideof the pawl adjacent the stop 19 is rounded, as at 85, to facilitatemovement past a pin 86 on a door latching lever 81 upon retractivemovement of the slide.

The lever 81 is in the form of a bell crank and is pivotally mounted ona pin 88 within a space 89 formed within the interior of the lid of thecabinet, the lever being arranged so that the arm 98 carrying the pin 88is in position to support the pin in an opening 9| in the bottom of thehousing 95 and the other arm 92 projects into camming engagement with acam-shaped lug 93 depending from the closure. When the door is in closedposition the lug 93 engages the lever arm 92 to swing the bell crank 81in a counterclockwise direction to move the pin 85 out of the path oftravel of the pawl 18. However, when the door is opened a spring 94,which bears against the lever arm 92, moves the bell crank in theopposite direction to bring the pin 85 into the path of the pawl 18 sothat it is impossible to actuate the coin mechanism. If the slide 19,however, has been held in retractive position, the slide may be returnedto its normal position since the pawl 18 is free to ride over the pin88, but

when this occurs the slide cannot be'returned to vending position aslong as the door is open.

Also pivotally mounted within the space 89 on a pin 95 is an elbow lever96, having a spring pressed arm 91 provided with a head 98 extendingunder the housing I5. The head 99 includes a latch-shaped lug 99cooperating with an offset I00 to form a notch IOI. Projecting laterallyfrom the offset I00 is an extension I02 carrying a pin I03 that ismovable in the opening 9i upon engagement of the pawl I8 responsive toactuation of the coin slide Hi to swing the elbow-shaped lever forreleasing the door, as now to be described. The other arm I05 of theelbow lever engages within the notch I09 of a hook-shaped keeper I01which is carried on the under side of the door and projects through anopening I08 of the door frame.

When the door is open the bottle carrier is latched from rotation by arocker arm I09 that is pivotally mounted in the space 09 on a pin H0 andhas one end III provided with a lug I I2 adapted to engage within thenotch IM to hold the elbow-shaped lever in unlatched position. The otherend of the rocker arm carries a roller H3 that engages a cam track H8 ona latching member H5. The latching member is also pivotally mounted inthe space 89 and has a lug H6 that is adapted to be moved into the pathof travel of the bottle carrier actuating lever 31 when the door isopened. The rocker arm is swung on its pivotal mounting by means of anarm H'I that is fixed to the door and projects through a slot H8 in thedoor frame to engage a lateral extension H3 on the rocker arm. Therocker arm is normally urged to latching position by an expansion springI20 having one end hooked to the arm III and its opposite end to a pinI05, as best shown in Fig. ,2. It is apparent that when the door isunlatched the lug H2 will engage in the notch IM to retain theelbow-shaped lever'in disengagement with the keeper lug on the door.However, when the door is opened by grasping the knob I2I and swingingthe door away from the cover, the arm I I1 swings against the extensionH9 to move the rocker arm in an anticlockwise direction (Figs. 2 and 3),to disengage the lug H2 from the notch IM and to cause the roller to camthe arm H5 into position so that the lug H9 is in the path of theexpansion spring I25 connecting the respective levers, as best shown inFig. 3. One end of the T-shaped lever carries an adjusting screw I26that is adapted to be engaged by a depending lug I27 on the door whichmoves through a slot I28 of the door frame, as shown in Fig. 1, todisengage the tongue I23 from latching contact with a stop I20, thereby.allowing the lever H5 to return to its normal position responsive to thespring I25. Upon closure of the door, the arm I I I moves away from thelateral extension I I9 so that the spring I20 may return the lever I09to normal position as shown in Fig. 3. When the door is closed thehook-shaped keeper engages the arm I05 to relatch the door and to movethe elbow-shaped lever so that the pin I03 thereon is again in positionto be engaged by the pawl I8.

In order to permit removal of only one bottle which aligns with theclosure, the openings in the door frame are offset relatively to theopenings in the carrier so that only one opening in the carrier alignsin any one position thereof. The door openings are substantially thesame diameter as the openings in the bottle carrier and the frame I2 hasfingers I29 depending therefrom at the respective sides of the necks ofthe bottles so that the bottles may pass therebetween, as best shown inFig. 1.

In order to prevent opening of the door when a bottle is not in registrywith one of 'the openings therein, I provide a safety mechanism,actuated by the bottle carrier, as now to be described. Pivotallysuspended adjacent each of the lower openings in the bottle carrier onpins I3I are levers I32 having fingers I33 adapted to project throughthe openings but which are normally retained in depressed position whenbottles are inserted in the carrier since the bottoms of the bottlesengage the ends of the fingers as shown in Fig. 4. Fixed to thehorizontal. partition 8, at a point below the door, is a treadle-likelever I34 that is located in the path of travel of the fingers so thatwhen it is engaged'by a depressed finger, the treadle-like lever isdepressed to efiect movement of an arm .I35 to withdraw a bolt I36 fromlocking engagement with the lug I27, the bolt I36 being supported inguides I31 '-'r-"'= and I38 and pivotally connected at its lower endwith the arm I35 that projects from one end of the treadle-like lever.'The treadle-like lever is normally retained in raised position toeffect engagement of the bolt with the lug by a spring I39 that engagesagainst the partition 8 and the under side of the treadle.

In order to prevent accidental latching of the elbow lever 96 by therocker arm I09, I provide a safety or guard lever I40 that is pivotedalongside the arm 91 on a pin MI so that the free end I02 of the leverI40 is in position to guard entrance to the notch IOI. so as to preventlatching engagement of the lug H2 on the rocker arm. Thereforesimultaneous slamming of the door I0 and actuation of the member 95cannot cause latching of the elbow lever in door releasing position. Tomove the arm I40 out of guarding relation with the notch upon actuationof the coin slide, it is provided with a laterally extending arm I43having a pin I44 projecting upwardly through the opening 9i to beengaged by the pawl I0 when the coin actuated slide I6 is projected intothe machine upon the insertion of a coin. The pawl 18 thus engages thepin I04 to shift the arm I 40 from guarding relation with the notch IOI-prior to its engagement with the pin I03 which effects unlatching of theelbow lever as previously described. The arm I00 is normally retained inguarding position with the notch by a flat spring I45 fixed to the sidethereof and-which engages a pin I40 projecting from the lower plate ofthe cover or lid 51.

The operation of a machine constructed and asembled as illustrated inFigs. 1 to 9 inclusive, is as follows:

The cover 5! is unlocked and swung upwardly of the window openings 13and 14. Assuming that the registering bottle is not oi the flavordesired by a purchaser, he will move the. actuator 65 to rock the lever31 which carries the pawl 45, thereby moving the bottle carrier onespace to bring the next bottle in the other circular series intoalignment with the other window opening. If this is not the flavordesired, he will continue to reciprocate the actuator until a bottle oithe desired flavor appears in one of the windows. During movement of thecarrier, the spacing thereof is kept in accurate registry with thewindow openings by the arcuate-shaped arm and the click 43 so that uponeach full stroke of the lever 31 the carrier is advanced exactly onespace. When a bottle having the desired flavor is in registry with theopening the purchaser will place the coin or proper token in the pocketII of the slide and push the slide inwardly so that the pawl engages thepin I03 to swing the elbow lever into latching engagement with the lugH2 and to disengage the arm I05 from the keeper on the door. The doormay then be opened by grasping the knob I2I. During opening of the doorthe arm I" thereon engages the extension II3 oi the rocker arm I03 toeffect swinging movement thereof which disengages the elbow lever'96 andallows the pin I03 to return to its normal position. This movement ofthe rocker arm I09 also cams the lever II5 into position so that furtheroperation of the actuator 65 is prevented. The lever H5 is latched inthis position by the T-shaped lever I22 as long as the door is open. Theslide I6 may have been held in its retracted position; however, uponrelease thereof it is free to return to its normal position since thepawl is yieldable to pass the pins I03 and I66 with opening of the door,however, the bell crank lever 81 has shifted so that the pin 36 is inposition to prevent further actuation of the slide I6. It is thereforeimpossible to again move the bottle carrier until the door has beenclosed.

Should the purchaser attempt to actuate the machine with the doorclosed, and have failed to move the carrier so as to bring a bottle inregistry with one of the window openings I3 or I4, the finger I33 of thelever I32 will have been raisedby the treadle-like lever so that thebolt I36 keeps the door I0 in locked position; however, when a bottle isin registry the finger I33 is engaged to depress the treadle forwithdrawing the bolt so that the door may be opened.

Figs. 10 and 11 show a modified form of the invention which includes anelevating means for raising the bottle through the door opening so thatthe neck thereof may be morereadily grasped by the purchaser. In thisform of the invention plungers I 41 and I48 are mounted in bearingopenings I49 and I50 in the partition 6, the plungers being providedwith downwardly opening bores I5I for slidably mounting the heads I52 ofpins I53. Also mounted in the bore and engaging against the bottomsthereof and against the heads I52 are compression springs I54. The pinsI53 engage the arm I55 of a rock lever I56, the rock lever I56 beingmounted on a bracket I5'I carried by the bottom of the cabinet, andwhich is adapted to be depressingly engaged by an arm I56 extendinglaterally from and I59. The rod I59 is guidingly supported in bracketsI60 upon the wall of the cabinet and carries a head I6I engaged by acam-shaped arm I62 projecting from the door I63. The rod is smear:

normally retained inits upper position by a coil spring I54.

With the structure thus described, when thedoor is opened the arm I62engages the head to move the rod I53 downwardly, thereby rocking thelever I56 and raising the pins I53. When the carrier is in properposition relatively to the door openings, only one oi the plungers I41and I46 will be eil'ective since the other plunger engages against thebottom of the carrier as shown in Fig. 11, however, the spring I54yields sufliciently to allow for movement of the arm I56. The plungerI4'I which happens to align with the opening is moved therethrough toraise the bottle so that it may be readily grasped by its neck to eflectwithdrawal from the cabinet, otherwise the structure is substantiallythe same as that illustrated in the preferred form of the invention.

From the foregoing it is obvious that I have provided a vending machinefor bottled goods whereby a purchaser may select a particular bottle orflavor, and which is constructed to prevent pilfering of more than thebottle which has been paid for. It is also obvious that the machine isconstructed so that the purchaser is always sure of obtaining a bottlewhen he inserts a coin in the vending machine.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening, a carrier having article receivingpockets, means rotatably supporting the car-' rier in the cabinet, anactuating lever reciprocably supported in the cabinet, a pawl on'thelever having ratchetengagement with the carrier, for intermittentlyrotating the carrier, a closure for said opening, a latching levermovably supported in the cabinet to engage with said actuating lever,and a rock lever engageable with the latching lever and having a portionengageable with the closure to eiIect locking of the actuating leverupon opening of the closure.

2. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening, a carrier rotatably supported in thecabinet and having article receiving pockets successively reglstrablewith said opening, a closure covering said opening, latch meansengageable with the carrier and having operative connection with theclosure to prevent rotation of the carrier upon opening of the closure,closure locking means, and means engageable with an article in one ofsaid pockets for releasing said closure locking means.

3. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening, a carrier having pocketssuccessively reglstrable with said opening, means rotatably supportingthe carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally mounted in thecabinet, a pawl pivotally carried on the actuating lever and having aportion engageable with the carrier, means slidably supported on thecabinet for operating the actuating lever, a latching member pivotallysupported in the cabinet and having a portion projectable into the pathof the actuating lever, a closure hingedly mounted on the cabinet forclosing said opening, and an operating connection between said closureand the latching member to eflect movement of the latching member intostopping relation with the actuating lever upon opening oi the closure.

4. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening, a carrier having pocketssuccessively registrable with said opening, means rotatably supportingthe carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally mounted in thecabinet, a pawl pivotally carried on the actuating lever and having aportion engageable with the carrier, means slidably supported on thecabinet for operating the actuating lever, a latching member pivotallysupported in the cabinet and having aportion projectable into the pathof the actuating lever, a rock lever having a portion engageable withthe latching member, a closure hingedly mounted on the cabinet forclosing said opening, and an arm on the closure engageable with the rocklever to efi'ect movement of the latching member into stopping relationwith the actuating lever upon opening of the ole ure.

5. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening, a closure for said opening, acarrierhaving pockets successively registrable with said opening, meansrotatably supporting the carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever,means oscillatably, mounting the actuating lever in the cabinet, a pawlpivotally carried on the actuating lever and having a portion engageablewith the carrier, 2. locking mechanism for the closure, a latchingconnection between the actuating lever and the locking mechanism, andmanually operated means for releasing said locking mechanism.

6. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening, a carrier having pocketssuccessively registrable with said opening, means rotatably supportingthe carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally mounted in thecabinet, a pawl pivotally carried on the actuating lever and having aportion engageable with the carrier, means slidably supported on thecabinet for operating the actuating lever, a latching member pivotallysupported in the cabinet and having a portion projectable into the pathof the actuating lever, a rock lever having a portion engageable withthe latching member, a closure hingedly mounted on the cabinet forclosing said opening, an arm on the closure engageable with the rocklever to effect movement of the latching member into stopping relationwith the actuating lever upon opening of the closure, a lockingmechanism for the closure, a latch connection between the lockingmechanism and the rock lever, and manually operated means for releasingsaid locking mechanism.

'7. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening, a carrier having pockets sucessivelyregistrable with said opening, means rotatably supporting the carrier inthe cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally mounted in the cabinet, a pawlpivotally carried on the actuating lever and having a portion engageablewith the carrier, a latching member pivotally supported in the cabinetand having a portion projectable into the path of the actuating lever, arock lever having a portion engageable with the latching member, aclosure hingedly mounted on the cabinet for closing said opening, an armon the closure engageable with the rock lever to efiect movement of thelatching member into stopping relation with the actuating lever uponopening of the closure, and means having connection with the closure forretainingly engaging the latching member independently of said rocklever.

8. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet, anarticle carrier,

means rotatably supporting the article carrier in the cabinet, anactuating lever pivotally supported in the cabinet, a pawl on theactuating lever engageable with the carrier, a click in the cabinetengageable with the carrier to prevent retractive rotation thereof, aslide reciprocably supported on the cabinet, means on the actuatinglever engageable by said slide whereby the actuating lever is moved inone direction upon actuation of the slide, and a spring connected withthe actuating lever to move the actuating lever including said slide inthe opposite direction.

9. A vending machine of the character de-' scribed including a cabinet,an article carrier, means rotatably supporting the article carrier inthe cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally supported in the cabinet tomove the carrier in one lever engageable with the carrier, a click inthe cabinet engageable with the carrier to prevent retractive rotationthereof, a slide reciprocably supported on the cabinet, 2, lug on theslide, means on the actuating lever engageable by said lug whereby theactuating lever is moved in one direction, a spring connected with theactuating lever to move the actuating lever including said slide in theopposite direction, and control means en-,

gageable with the carrier and actuated by the actuating lever to preventcoasting of the carrier.

11. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening, a carrier rotatably supported in thecabinet and having article receiving pockets successively registrablewith said opening, a closure covering said opening, means hinging theclosure along one side of the opening, latch means in the cabinet toengage said carrier, a lever having fixed pivotal support relatively tosaid cabinet and engageable with the latch means for preventing rotationof the carrier, and a cam on the closure engaging said lever to efiectactuation of the latch means in preventing rotation of the carrier whenthe closure is opened.

12. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving a slot in the top thereof, an article carrier, means rotatablysupporting the article carrier in the cabinet, an actuating levermovably supported in the cabinet and terminating short of the top of thecabinet, a pawl on the actuating lever engageable with the carrier, aslide reciprocably supported on top of the cabinet, lever engaging meanson the slide and movable through said slot to abuttingly engage thelever whereby the actuating lever is moved in one direction uponmanipulation of the slide, and a spring to move the actuating lever inthe opposite direction.

13. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening therein, an article carrier rotatablysupported in the cabinet and movable past said opening, a door hingedover the opening, means connected with the door for controlling rotationof the article carrier, an actuating lever movably supported in thecabinet, a pawl on the actuating lever engageable with the carrier, aslide reciprocably supported on the cabinet and having lever engagingmeans whereby the actuating lever is moved in one direction to rotatethe carrier when the slide is moved in one direction, spring means formoving the actuating lever including said slide in the oppositedirection, and means acted upon by said control means for stopping thecarrier when the door is opened.

14. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinethaving an article removing opening, a carrier rotatably supported in thecabinet and having article receiving pockets successively registrablewith said opening, a closure covering said opening, lock meansreleasably securing thev closure, a plurality of pivotally supportedfingers mounted on the bottom of the carrier and having portionsprojectable into said pockets, finger actuating means having pivotalsupport within the cabinet below the carrier in registry with thearticle removing opening, and means connected with said finger actuatingmeans for keeping the closure in locked position when a finger is movedinto a pocket by said actuatins means.

CLYDE M. PARKER.

